On the Laurentian River, there is such a majestic city, and the drifting clouds pass over the sky, painting a magnificent picture, and the walls are not tall but extraordinarily ornate, more ornaments than walls. In fact, it doesn't need walls, because the people who come to it come with a heart of peace. Every day, all kinds of people enter and exit the city gates, richly dressed nobles, dusty merchants, mercenaries with weapons in hand, and commoners in a hurry, always with hope for life and pride in the city on their faces...... Because, this city is the capital of the Oran Empire, a commercial country, the city of Oran.

At this time, at the north gate of Oran City, a convoy had just passed the inspection of the city gate and was ready to hit the road. The owner of the convoy was a nobleman, with three carriages in it, as well as a number of guards. In addition to these guards, there were also mercenaries they hired to protect the convoy, adding up to about a hundred people in total. Among the mercenaries, a young man with long silver hair who looked to be only about seventeen years old slowly followed the back of the convoy. After exiting the city gates, he turned around and looked at the unusually prosperous city, as if he wanted to remember it.

"Snub Star, what's wrong?" asked a sturdy man beside the silver-haired young man, he was shirtless and had a heavy sword hanging on his back, but such a strong man didn't care at all, his face was relaxed.

"Nothing, just a few things in mind. Snub Star replied lightly. This strong man is the deputy head of the Lion Mercenary Regiment where he is now, and after they took over this task, Snub Star offered to take this task with them, and showed his heaven-level strength, and then agreed. Before leaving Oran City, Snub Star had already registered as a mercenary in the Mercenary Guild branch of Oran City, but since it was newly registered, it was only the lowest E-level. Even so, his strength is there, so the people of the Lion Mercenary Group did not express any objections to this, but secretly speculated about his identity, and Snub Star didn't bother to care about it. This mission is an escort mission, the employer has to set off from Oran City, leave the Oran Empire, and go to Olvis, the capital of the Langmu Empire, which is a long journey, but it is exactly in line with the plan of Snub Star, so he plans to take this mission.

At the same time, next to one of the convoy's manned carriages, the captain of the convoy's escort asked inside: "I don't know what Your Highness thinks about the snub star who suddenly said that he wanted to join?"

A soft female voice came from the curtain of the carriage: "Isn't it nice to have a heaven-level combat power join?"

The captain of the escort team replied: "Although his strength is indeed helpful to us, but his subordinates feel that he is a little suspicious, and he has not explained anything about his origin, we don't know anything about him at all, such a person is really a little suspicious, we have a big task on this trip, do you want him to leave?"

"Not necessarily. The man in the carriage replied, "He will not hinder us, leave him alone." ”

"Yes. The captain of the escort bowed his head to receive the order, but he was a little puzzled in his heart, why was this highness so sure that this snub star would not affect them? but he didn't know that inside the carriage that he couldn't see, the highness showed a slightly complicated expression: "Snub star...... Why are you here?"

In the distance, Snub Xing glanced at the carriage where His Highness was, and then looked away again, his expression was so calm that it was impossible to guess what he was thinking. In his heart, Bai Yu's voice suddenly appeared: "Don't you know her, why don't you go over?"

At this time, Bai Yu was standing on the shoulders of the Snub Star, and it had followed the Snub Star before, but because no magical beasts were allowed to appear in the academy, it could only stay in the pet badge bought by the Snub Star most of the time. The pet badge is for the magic pet, which is convenient to carry around, and can give the magic pet a space to settle down, which is convenient to summon at any time. It's really uncomfortable to be stuck in the badge like this, so as soon as you leave the academy, the snub star will release Bai Yu. Right now, Snub Star could sense that Bai Yu's spiritual power swept through the carriage, and the guard captain didn't notice it, after all, Bai Yu was a saint-level spiritual demonic beast. Similarly, when the snub was probing, the captain of the guard was unaware.

He replied in his heart, "It was different then and now, she has her things to do, and I have my things to do." Moreover, we are not the same now, she should have recognized me, since she didn't come to me, it means that now is not the right time, and she doesn't want me to know about her. ”

In his arms, Bai Yu tilted his head: "These things of yours are really complicated, but this is also the special place of the human race." ”

Snub Star looked up at the sky: "Terran...... It's really special. ”

At this time, in the men's dormitory of Violet Academy, Don Juan looked at the room where Abel was left alone, and sighed: "Has he already left?"

Abel's expression was a little gloomy: "I don't know when he left, when I woke up in the morning, he was gone." ”

"Is this the path he chose?" Don Juan patted Abel on the shoulder: "Don't think about it, he's not the same as us." ”

Abel looked at Don Juan: "Do you know anything about him?"

Don Juan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "In this way, I really don't know anything about him." Perhaps, after this farewell, it will be difficult to see him again. ”

Don Juan looked out of the window, looking at the distant sky, Snub Star, who are you? Suddenly appeared, and suddenly left, without any warning, why is that? What do you want to do? A series of questions lingered in his mind, since he came to Violet Academy, there were two people he had not been able to see, one was Caroline, and the other was Snub Star. However, all along, the three of them never asked about each other's life experiences, and silently maintained this tacit understanding. However, whether it was Caroline or the identity of the snub star, it made Don Juan puzzled, because if it was a genius in this Oran City, he would definitely know about it, let alone want to snub the star and Caroline. At present, Don Juan has a little speculation about Caroline's identity, but it is still confusing about the snub star. Don Juan understands that there is a reason why Snub Star and Caroline do not say their identities, and his speculation about Caroline's identity confirms this. However, no matter how you look at it, Snub Star's identity has nothing to do with Caroline, and his identity is even more mysterious. Don Juan shook his head and smiled bitterly, these are not what he should care, he just needs to know that Snub Star and Caroline are his friends, not from their identities, but from their attitude towards him, after all, it is impossible for a person's heart to be fake.

At noon, on a tree-lined avenue of Violet Academy, Scarlett had just finished class and was going to eat in the cafeteria. There are several girls of the same age around her, and there is also a boy, a well-behaved and cute girl like her, and a talented girl is naturally very popular, and there will always be a lot of people around her. Although she smiled at the people around her, she was actually a little troubled in her heart, there were always many people around her, and she needed to respond to them constantly.

In fact, Scarlett knew that this was supposed to be a good thing, but she felt that none of these people could be her true friends, they were just attracted to her looks and talents, but no one really cared about what she was thinking. In the final analysis, in their hearts, she is just that talented and well-behaved and lovely girl, which makes her heart quite irritable.

At this time, on the road, she suddenly saw a girl wearing the uniform of the staff of the Violet Academy, the girl was sitting on a chair on the side of the road, looking intently at a book in her hand, her long light brown hair hanging down, giving people an extraordinarily quiet feeling. Scarlett felt that this girl seemed a little familiar, and after thinking about it, she remembered that she had seen her in the finance room, and she heard the senior named Snub Star say that she seemed to be a disciple of the teacher. For some reason, she suddenly said to a few people around her: "I'm sorry, I have something to do, you guys go to dinner first." With that, she left the people around her and walked over to the girl.

Scarlet walked up to the girl, the girl seemed to notice something, raised her head, Scarlett smiled and greeted: "Senior sister, we have met." ”

Looking at Scarlett's face, the girl seemed to think of something: "Oh, you seem to be the new student brought by the snub star at that time." But I'm not a student, I'm a staff member here, so it's better for you not to call me senior sister. ”

"And what should I call you?"

"Just call me by my name," said the girl, "and my name is Doris." ”

"I see," Scarlett asked, "what are you looking at?"

"Oh, this is a book about magic circles," Doris replied, "I still don't know much about this magic circle, so I'm reading it here." ”

"Magic Array?" Scarlett suddenly thought of a question: "The Caroline seniors and the Snub Star seniors I've seen, they're both strong, right?"

"Huh?" Doris paused for a moment, "Caroline, I don't know, but the Snub Star is definitely very strong, and he has always given me an unfathomable feeling, as if he can handle anything." Thinking about it this way, Caroline should also be very strong, after all, it is impossible to be friends with someone like Snub Star without enough talent and strength. ”

"I think so," Scarlett nodded, "But there's a problem: they're all from the martial arts class, but I'm from the magic class, why did they come to receive me?"

"Oh, this," Doris thought for a moment, and an inexplicable smile suddenly appeared on her face, "I think, I probably understand." ”

“？”

"That's right," Doris explained, "you should know that the more talented the freshmen, the more they should be received by the people of the corresponding strength. ”

"Yes. ”

"But, I don't know what happened last year, the magic class is very weak, and now the strongest one has just reached the peak of the ninth level, not even a heaven level. But on the other hand, on the side of the martial arts class, it is said that there are more than five people who have reached the heaven level, and the strength is seriously unequal, so it is like this. ”

"Huh?" Scarlett didn't expect this to happen because the martial arts class was too weak last year, which made her feel a little embarrassed, after all, she also studied magic. She coughed and changed the subject, "Can you show me the magic array you're looking at?"

"Okay," Dolly didn't care, and took the book to her.

"Huh?" Scarlett looked at and was surprised to see that it turned out to be a functional magic array. Generally speaking, there are three types of magic arrays: attackive, defensive, and functional, among which the offensive and defensive magic arrays are basically based on the original magic, that is, the magic array is used to release this magic, but the functional magic array is different, it can neither attack nor defend, but it has a variety of functions. Just like the crystal ball used to test talent in Violet Academy, it is engraved with a functional magic array, the functional magic array is not derived from a specific magic, but created by the developer himself, which is extremely difficult, and most magicians spend their energy on studying magic, and they are extremely disdainful of functional magic arrays, so the number of functional magic arrays is very small.

Scarlett looked at it carefully for a while and said, "I probably understand this magic array, it doesn't seem to be particularly difficult? ”

Doris nodded, "If it was just that, it would be easier, but I'm thinking about something else." ”

"Huh?" Scarlett suddenly became interested: "What is it?"

"This is the first time I've learned a functional magic array," Doris said seriously, "I can understand the principle, which is to control a trace amount of fire elements to achieve the effect of heat preservation." However, I wondered, why did the creator of this magic circle have such an idea, what was his original intention in designing this magic circle, what aspects of this magic circle can be used in the future, and what kind of impact will it have on our lives in the future?"

Scarlett was stunned, she didn't expect that it was just a simple functional magic array after all, and Doris would think of so many aspects.

"Why did you think of this?" she asked Doris, "There's no need to figure it out, is there?"

"I think these are very important things," Doris said slowly, "some things may seem ordinary to us now, but they were extremely difficult for the time of the creator, because the amount of information we had was not equal. Every idea must be innovative, and I just want to understand where this innovation comes from. After I understand it, if I want to innovate, it will help me. ”

"I see, I kind of understand," Scarlett nodded, and then asked, "But the original intention of the creator or something, it really doesn't matter at all, right?"

Doris looked up at the distant sky, and there seemed to be emotion in her eyes: "In my opinion, every object contains the thoughts and ideas of the creator, and when I comprehend it, it is equivalent to crossing the historical distance and communicating with the creator." Every such person must have something outstanding and worthy of our respect. Don't you think it's a very strange feeling to communicate with these people?"

Scarlett looked at Doris in a daze, she didn't expect such an answer, and it took a long time before she said, "I see, your way of thinking seems to be different from ours." When we think about things, we focus on whether it can help improve our strength, but you focus more on the people and objects themselves. ”

Doris was stunned: "It seems like this." ”

"Why do you think this way?" asked Scarlett, puzzled.

"Well, it's hard to explain. Doris's expression suddenly became quite complicated, as if there was some sentimentality, and a hint of pride and confusion in it, which was very strange.

Seeing Doris's strange expression, Scarlett was a little curious, but she didn't ask again, but said, "Can I come to you in the future?" I think I may be able to learn something from you that I can't usually learn." ”

Doris smiled gently, "Of course. ”

At this special time, several figures who had a great impact on later history embarked on their own different paths. Although these future protagonists are still at a loss, from the present of them, you can already vaguely glimpse a corner of the future. At the same time, somewhere in the distance, a girl with black hair and blue eyes, and an almost impeccable appearance, stood silently, looking back at the back, and in the emptiness, something seemed to faintly emerge for a moment, and then disappear again. The girl turned, bowed there, and walked into the distance, toward the unreachable horizon.